"19 Or are you not aware that your body is a temple of the holy spirit in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?"

Sounds like it is saying, "the Holy Spirit WHICH YOU HAVE FROM GOD".

The KJ also says this.

My understanding is, the Holy Spirit is a power that God uses which does come from him as everything comes from him doesn't it? I don't see it as being God himself but a power of God. Jesus is not God the Father but he said he came from God and of course he had to because everything came from God.

CHB

I like your speak, it is sound I have been given to understand the Holy Spirit as the very ENERGY of the Father God; it's how He gets things done.

Micah said, "WHERE in the Bible is Gabriel called or refered to as an Archangel????

Gabriel is not named directly as an archangel but, there were only three angels named in the bible. Lucifer, Michael, and Gabriel. Michael is mentioned as an archangel and referred to as "ONE of the archangels" so we know there is more than one.Michael is mentioned 3 times in the Bible. Gabriel is mentioned 7 times and while not called an archangel directly does state, "I stand in the presence of God"The devil, lucifer, satan is never called an archangel but, as you know is mentioned more than 7 times and God said he was originally the best of the best created angel.Many people believe Gabriel to be an archangel because he is oft pictured as blowing a trumpet. In revelation, 7 angels blow 7 trumpets. However, Archangel only has the meaning of the "first of the angel kind" so we know that there is more than one but only Michael is actually named "archangel." Since there is more than one, it is assumed the other named angels were also archangels.

Would you please fill me in on the above? My Bible is lacking this information Lucifer an angel? Lucifer mentioned 7 times? Just because religion and theology cause "Many people believe Gabriel to be an archangel...." DON'T make it so. Many people believe when they die they go to heaven or hell then, but that at so.

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Mic 7:8 Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

Micah,I sorta answered your question about Gabriel at the bottom of page 2

This is all I could find in my Bible 1Th_4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Jud_1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

This below is NO proof of anything: in fact it mostly supposition, speculation, and assumption; did you get any of that stuff from your Bible, or from "notes and commentary"?"The devil, lucifer, satan is never called an archangel but, as you know is mentioned more than 7 times and God said he was originally the best of the best created angel.Many people believe Gabriel to be an archangel because he is oft pictured as blowing a trumpet. In revelation, 7 angels blow 7 trumpets. However, Archangel only has the meaning of the "first of the angel kind" so we know that there is more than one but only Michael is actually named "archangel." Since there is more than one, it is assumed the other named angels were also archangels.[/quote]

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Mic 7:8 Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

1Th_4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

The Lord descends. There is a shout(which may or may not be the Lords) there is the voice of an archangel (we don't know which one as it isn't named) and with the trump of God (It doesn't say who is actually blowing the trumpet but LEGEND has it that it is Gabriel. (There is even some hymn out there that asks Gabriel to come blow his horn) The dead in Christ (those that died before the return) shall rise first. So forget that teaching from preachers that say about the dead, "OH they are talking with Jesus right now or being held in his arms or "in heaven" - all are still in their graves Hell-the unseen; covered up) till Christ returns.C'mon, even Jesus didn't go immediately to the Father when He died but was in "hell" preaching to those that had died in and before the flood. Of course, they hadn't risen yet either and Jesus was there PREACHING as if they had a chance yet with God and NOT there to say "Nanny-nanny nah-nah, you'll be tortured for-ev-er.

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"Why do so many people think that the Bible is only inspired at certain points - and that THEY are inspired to pick out which points?"